-ák
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ak" and -iak
Czech
Pronunciation
Suffix
- grader (noun suffix denoting a grade)
- from nouns forms nouns that indicate the referent is characterized by or relating to the base noun
- from adjectives forms nouns that indicate the referent has the property denoted by the base adjective
Declension
inanimate declension:
animate declension:
Derived terms
Related terms
suffix
Further reading
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *-akъ.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ák m
- An agentive suffix.
- Used to form the name of the brearer of a property from an adjective.
- Used to form a demonym, mainly in case of regions and nations.
- Used to form a tool names.
- An expressive, depreciative suffix.
- An archaic suffix to create augmentative or depreciative forms of given names.
- A fictive suffix to adapt male forms of some borrowings.
Declension
- Declension in case of an inanimate noun according to the declension pattern dub:
Declension of -ák
- Declension in case of an animate noun according to the declension pattern chlap:
Declension of -ák
Derived terms
Related terms
- -iak (“alternative form of -ák after roots in a (historically) soft or palatalizeable consonant”)
- -áčka ~ -iačka
- -čiak ~ -čák
- -niak
Further reading
- Pauliny, Eugen - Ružička, Jozef - Štolc, Jozef (1968), Slovenská gramatika (in Slovak), 5th edition, Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, pages 145-152
- -ák in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk